Legal Opinion

Grimes v. Miller

District Court, D. Maryland

Decided August 2, 2006No. CIV. PJM 05-2805PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MESSITTE, District Judge.

Evelyn Grimes has sued Darrel Miller and the Town of Capitol Heights, Maryland as a result of her removal as a member of the Capitol Heights Town Council. Miller and the Town have filed a Motion to Dismiss the action. For the reasons set forth below, the Court will GRANT the Motion.

I

On August 8, 2005, Grimes, who was an elected member of the Council, was removed from her seat by vote of the Council. Although her Complaint could use some refinement, its basic thrust is that Defendants violated her due process rights.

Grimes alleges these facts:

On July 11, 2005,…

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